psychiatry

English

Etymology

First attested in 1846. From French psychiatrie, from Medieval Latin psychiatria. Surface analysis, psych- +‎ -iatry.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

psychiatry (usually uncountable, plural psychiatries)

(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.

Derived terms

psychiatric
psychiatrist

Related terms

psyche
psychology
psychopathology

Translations

branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders

Adyghe: психиатрие f (psiixiiaatriije)
Albanian: psikiatri (sq) f
Arabic: الطِّبّ النَّفْسِيّ‎ (aṭ-ṭibb an-nafsiyy)
Armenian: հոգեբուժություն (hy) (hogebužutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: psixiatriya
Bashkir: психиатрия f (psixiatriya)
Belarusian: псіхіятры́я f (psixijatrýja), псыхія́трыя f (psyxijátryja)
Bulgarian: психиа́трия f (psihiátrija)
Burmese: စိတ်ရောဂါပညာ (citrau:gapa.nya)
Catalan: psiquiatria (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 精神病學, 精神病学 (zing¹san⁴beng⁶hok⁶), 精神醫學, 精神医学 (zing¹ san⁴ ji¹ hok⁶)
Mandarin: 精神病學／精神病学 (zh) (jīngshénbìngxué), 精神醫學／精神医学 (zh) (jīngshén yīxué)
Min Nan: 精神醫學, 精神医学 (cheng-sîn-i-ha̍k)
Czech: psychiatrie (cs) f
Danish: psykiatri (da) c
Dutch: psychiatrie (nl) f
Esperanto: psikiatrio
Estonian: psühhiaatria
Finnish: psykiatria (fi)
French: psychiatrie (fr) f
Galician: psiquiatría (gl)
Georgian: ფსიქიატრია (psikiaṭria)
German: Psychiatrie (de) f, Seelenheilkunde f
Greek: ψυχιατρική (el) f (psychiatrikí)
Hebrew: פְּסִיכִיאַטְרְיָה‎ (he) (psikhi'atr'yá)
Hindi: मनश्चिकित्सा f (manaścikitsā)
Hungarian: pszichiátria (hu)
Ido: psikiatrio (io)
Irish: síciatracht
Italian: psichiatria (it)
Japanese: 精神医学 (ja) (せいしんいがく, seishin igaku)
Kannada: ಮನೋವೈದ್ಯಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) (manōvaidyaśāstra)
Kazakh: психиатрия (psixiatriä)
Korean: 정신의학(精神醫學) (jeongsinuihak)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەروونپزیشکی‎ (derûnipzîşkî)
Northern Kurdish: psîkiyatrî (ku)
Kyrgyz: психиатрия (psihiatriya)
Latvian: psihiatrija f
Lithuanian: psichiatrija f
Macedonian: психијатрија f (psihijatrija)
Malay: psikiatri
Maori: mātai mate hinengaro
Mazanderani: روان پزشکی‎
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: психиатри (psixiatri)
Nepali: मनोरोग विज्ञान (manorog vigyāna)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: psykiatri m
Nynorsk: psykiatri m
Persian: روانپزشکی‎ (fa) (ravân-pezeški)
Polish: psychiatria (pl) f
Portuguese: psiquiatria (pt) f
Punjabi: ਸਾਈਕੈਟਰੀ (sāīkaiṭrī)
Romanian: psihiatrie (ro) f
Russian: психиатри́я (ru) f (psixiatríja)
Scottish Gaelic: leigheas-inntinn m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: психија̀трија f
Roman: psihijàtrija (sh) f
Slovak: psychiatria f
Slovene: psihiatrija (sl) f
Spanish: psiquiatría (es) f
Swedish: psykiatri (sv) c
Tajik: равонпизишкӣ (ravonpiziškī), психиатрия (psixiatriya)
Tatar: психиатрия f (psixiatriya)
Telugu: మనోరోగచికిత్స (manōrōgacikitsa)
Thai: จิตเวชศาสตร์ (th) (jìt-dtà-wêet-chá-sàat)
Turkish: psikiyatri (tr)
Ukrainian: психіатрі́я (psyxiatríja)
Uzbek: psixiatriya (uz)
Volapük: lanivestig, lienetisanav
Yiddish: פּסיכיאַטריע‎ (psikhyatrye)